Publications of John Balfour

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by John Balfour

  • Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author's life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. ... Edinburgh: printed by John Balfour, 1769. ESTC No. T226266. Grub Street ID 247847.

Printed for John Balfour

  • Hill, George. The present happiness of Great Britain. A sermon preached at St. Andrews, Oct. 7th, 1792. and in the High Church of Edinburgh, Nov. 18th, 1792. By George Hill, D. D. F. R. S. E. Principal of St. Mary's College in the University of St. Andrews, and one of the ministers of that city. Edinburgh: printed for John Balfour & James Dickson, MDCCXCII. [1792]. ESTC No. N12479. Grub Street ID 2479.

Author

  • Balfour, John. Daphnis a pastoral elegy. Written October 1755. Edinburgh: printed for John Balfour, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]. ESTC No. T93703. Grub Street ID 313359.